July 9, 2009
Francis Collins, Leader of Genome Project, Is Chosen to Direct NIH
Washington
Francis S. Collins, a physician and geneticist who directed the federal project to map the human genome and later declared the experience an affirmation of his belief in the divine, was nominated Wednesday by President Barack Obama to be director of the National Institutes of Health.
The nomination of Dr. Collins, long thought to be a favorite for the job, came nine months after the departure of Elias A. Zerhouni, the agency's previous director. The promise of permanent
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